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Garnet Sand/ Garnet Soft

Garnet is natural sand and belongs to the group of garnet stones. Garnet sands are monocrystalline, unbroken grains with irregular shapes with naturally polished edges.

Applications:

Reusable abrasive
High-pressure water jet cutting medium
Cleaning of building exteriors
Sweeping

Blasting systems:

Pressure blast systems
Injection blast cabinets

Typical physical properties
Hardness	approx. 6 - 7,5 mohs
Grain shape	angular
Melting point	approx. 1300 °C
Specific gravity	approx. 3,5 - 4,3 g/cm³
Bulk density (depending on granular size)	approx. 1,9 – 2,2 g/cm³

Typical chemical analysis
SIO₂ (no free silica)	35,00 %
Fe₂O₃	33,00 %
Al₂O₃	23,00 %
MgO	7,00 %
MnO	1,00 %
CaO	1,00 %

Packaging
25 kg bags on pallet up to 1 ton
1 ton loose in big bag

Available sizes
GARNET
MESH	Average grain size (mm)
12/20	0,50 - 1,20
20/40	0,50 - 1,00
30/60	0,20 - 0,60
GARNETfor high-pressure water jet cutting
MESH	Average grain size (mm)
80	0,180 - 0,35
120	0,180 - 0,25
180	0,090 - 0,15
200	0,075 - 0,15
240	0,045 - 0,10
GARNET-SOFTfor cleaning of building exteriors
Metric	Average grain size (mm)
	0,01 - 0,06
	0,06 - 0,10
	0,10 - 0,25
Other grain sizes can be produced if required.

Product data sheets & Safety data sheets (PDF):

Product data sheets

Safety data sheets